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Jason is a serial entrepreneur and blockchain enthusiast. He received a Ph.D in EECS at KAIST in 2005. His research topics were P2P algorithms like DHT and distributed systems. In 2007, he founded NexR, the first big data and cloud computing tech startup in Korea, which was acquired by KT (Korea Telecom) 4 years later. After that, he co-founded FuturePlay and took the role of CTO. FuturePlay is a tech-centric accelerator and investor, focusing on tech startups in APAC. He invested in dozens of startups and gave them technical mentoring. He also taught an innovative business model and IT trends course in KAIST MBA as an adjunct professor for 7 years starting in 2007.